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FIRE WEATHER PLANNING FORECAST FOR SW VA...SE WV AND NW NC
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
445 AM EDT THU MAY 23 2013

.DISCUSSION...

SHOWERS WILL PASS ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING...WITH SOME 
OF THESE SHOWERS DEVELOPING INTO THUNDERSTORMS WITH AFTERNOON 
HEATING. AFTERNOON RH VALUES WILL REMAIN ABOVE 50 PERCENT FOR 
MOST LOCATIONS. A COLD FRONT WILL PASS ACROSS THE REGION LATE 
THIS EVENING...WHICH WILL BRING SIGNIFICANTLY COOLER AIR INTO 
THE AREA FOR THE WEEKEND. 

HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE AREA FRIDAY MORNING AND 
AFTERNOON ON AN 8 MB PRESSURE GRADIENT...WHICH WILL RESULT 
IN NORTHWEST WIND GUSTS RANGING FROM AROUND 30 MPH FOR MOST 
LOCATIONS TO AS HIGH AS 45 MPH ACROSS THE HIGHER RIDGELINES 
ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON.

VAZ045-232045-
CAMPBELL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LYNCHBURG
445 AM EDT THU MAY 23 2013

                      TODAY        TONIGHT      FRI          

CLOUD COVER           CLOUDY       PCLDY        PCLDY        
PRECIP TYPE           TSTMS        TSTMS        SHOWERS      
CHANCE PRECIP (%)     80           50           0            
MAX/MIN TEMP          78           57           70           
MIN/MAX RH %          62           87           30           
WND20FT2MIN/EARLY(MPH)S  5         SW  5        NW  8G18     
WND20FT2MIN/LATE(MPH) SW  5        W  6         NW 12G22     
PRECIP AMOUNT         0.48         0.08         0.00         
PRECIP DURATION       7            3                         
PRECIP BEGIN          6 AM         CONTINUING                
PRECIP END            CONTINUING   6 AM                      
MIXING HGT(FT-AGL)    4080                      6140         
TRANSPORT WND (MPH)   SW  8                     N 26         
VENT RATE (MPH-FT)    32640                     159640       
DISPERSION (EVENING)               POOR                      
LAL                   5            3            1            
HAINES INDEX          3            3            4            
ADI EARLY             18 GEN POOR  20 GEN POOR  57 GEN GOOD  
ADI LATE              20 GEN POOR  16 GEN POOR  85 GOOD      
MAX LVORI EARLY       6            4            4            
MAX LVORI LATE        3            4            1            

REMARKS...NONE.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE LOWER 40S.
HIGHS IN THE LOWER 70S. MINIMUM RH 29 PERCENT. NORTHWEST WINDS
5 TO 10 MPH. 
.SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 40S.
HIGHS IN THE LOWER 70S. MINIMUM RH 36 PERCENT. NORTHWEST WINDS
AROUND 5 MPH. 
.SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE LOWER 50S.
HIGHS IN THE LOWER 70S. MINIMUM RH 53 PERCENT. SOUTHEAST WINDS
AROUND 5 MPH. 
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS.
LOWS IN THE MID 50S. HIGHS IN THE MID 70S. MINIMUM RH 53 PERCENT.
SOUTH WINDS AROUND 5 MPH. 
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S.
MINIMUM RH 54 PERCENT. SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH.

.OUTLOOK 8 TO 14 DAYS...
TEMPERATURES ABOVE NORMAL.  PRECIPITATION NEAR NORMAL.